I know. It’s Monday, not Friday. But I decided to wait until today to send you a newsletter so I can highlight stories my colleagues and I have written about the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting, in which one student died and eight others were injured.

Parents pick up their children at the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge after the shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on May 7, 2019. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson / The Denver Post)

In the days after STEM became the site of the most recent school shooting, students, parents and the community will have to face the trauma of the tragedy.

Experts say such events can make children — and adults — feel unsafe. It can also disrupt their sleep, cause anxiety, and, in some cases, lead to post-traumatic stress disorder.

The frequency in which shootings, threats and lockdowns occur can also weigh on people, making them feel hopeless, mental health experts said.

City leaders were aware of a Florida mayor’s problems but didn’t move to address them for nearly two years. In one instance, a SWAT team arrived to arrest the mayor on charges of practicing medicine without a license. — Tampa Bay Times